Pteroceras
genus of plants
Pteroceras is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It is native to China, the Indian subcontinent, and Southeast Asia.
Accepted Species
Species accepted as of May 2022:
Pteroceras asperatum (Schltr.) P.F.Hunt - Yunnan
Pteroceras biserratum (Ridl.) Holttum - Borneo, Malaysia, Sumatra
Pteroceras compressum (Blume) Holttum - Malaysia, Sumatra, Java, Thailand
Pteroceras dalaputtuwa Priyadarshana et al. - Sri Lanka
Pteroceras erosulum H.A.Pedersen - Sabah
Pteroceras fragrans (Ridl.) Garay - Borneo
Pteroceras fraternum (J.J.Sm.) Bakh.f. - Sumatra, Java
Pteroceras hirsutum (Hook.f.) Holttum - Borneo, Malaysia, Sumatra
Pteroceras indicum Punekar - Karnataka
Pteroceras johorense (Holttum) Holttum - Johor
Pteroceras leopardinum (C.S.P.Parish & Rchb.f.) Seidenf. & Smitinand - Yunnan, India, Indochina, Borneo, Philippines, Sumatra
Pteroceras longicalcareum (Ames & Rolfe) Garay - Philippines
Pteroceras monsooniae Sasidh. & Sujanapal - Kerala
Pteroceras muluense Schuit. & de Vogel - Sabah, Sarawak
Pteroceras muriculatum (Rchb.f.) P.F.Hunt - Andaman Islands
Pteroceras nabawanense J.J.Wood & A.L.Lamb - Sabah
Pteroceras philippinense (Ames) Garay - Philippines
Pteroceras spathibrachiatum (J.J.Sm.) Garay - Sabah
Pteroceras teres (Blume) Holttum - Assam, Nepal, Bhutan, India, Bangladesh, Indochina, Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines
Pteroceras violaceum (Ridl.) Holttum - Pahang
Pteroceras viridiflorum (Thwaites) Holttum - India, Sri Lanka
Pteroceras vriesii (Ridl.) Garay - Borneo
Formerly included species
Many recently excluded species have been transferred to the genus Brachypeza. One recent transfer has been made to the genus Grosourdya.
Pteroceras cladostachyum (Hook.f.) H.A.Pedersen of Borneo, Malaysia, Java, Sulawesi and the Philippines is now a synonym of Brachypeza cladostachya (Hook.f.) Kocyan & Schuit.
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